The One Love Cali Reggae Fest in Long Beach will expand to three days in 2019 as it takes over the Queen Mary Events Park Feb. 8-10.
More than 50 bands will perform at the festival, with many returning from last year.
Rebelution headlines opening day of the weekend celebration of reggae culture. The band performed at the event last year, as did fellow Friday bands Stick Figure, Tribal Seeds and Long Beach Dub All Stars.
Day two will be headlined by Slightly Stoopid with performances by Dirty Heads, Soja and Matisyahu, the latter who also played last year.
The festival brings it back home when it closes on Sunday with a headlining performance by Sublime with Rome plus performances by some other artists who were on last year’s bill, including Iration, Atmosphere, J-Boog and Common Kings.
Other artists performing throughout the weekend include Alpha Blondy, Anuhea, Ballyhoo, Bikini Trill, Collie Buddz, Dispatch, Don Carlos, Fiji, Fishbone, Fortunate Youth, Groundation, Hirie, Israel Vibration, Ital Vibes, Iya Terra, Josh Heinrichs, Katastro, Katchafire, Landon McNamara, Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Caddies, Mike Love, Mike Pinto, Morgan Heritage, Nattali Rize, Pacific Dub, Pepper, Sammy J, Simpkin Project, The B Foundation, The Expanders, The Expendables, The Green, The Holdup, The Movement, Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds, Trevor Hall and Yellowman.
Tickets go on sale at noon on Nov. 17 via onelovecalifest.com. Organizers had not yet announced ticket prices.
